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Historical Event on 2/17/1917
Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1992 | Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private. |
| 7/15/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away. |
| 4/5/1984 | Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union. |
| 6/5/1975 | Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away. |
| 1/14/1984 | Gujarati Daily 'Samkalin' of Indian Express Group published. |
| 1/26/1997 | Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs. |
| 5/5/1972 | Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away. |
| 9/6/1889 | Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist and leader, was born. |
| 1/12/1757 | Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel. |
| 5/29/1953 | Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay. |
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